On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 08:29, Thomas Kirk wrote: > Hey Jim > > On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 08:01:52AM -0500, Jim Summers wrote: > > First of all thanks for the quick answer! :) > > > I think you will have to set up multiple disklist / configs to try and > > force Amanda to do this. > > Hmm this seems abit complicated to me as im still trying to grasp the > basic concepts of amanda? If you could point me towards some reading > or howto i would be very grateful!
Not sure on precise locations of readings. I seem to remember some emails going back and forth on this list about doing this type of backup strategy. Maybe there is an archive of this list somewhere. In a nutshell, I think it works with cron to use the correct amdump command to determine which disklist / config files to use and when. > > > Amanda herself determines the level and when that level will be done > > within the dumpcycle. She tries to balance the amount of data backed up > > each run so as to maximize tape usage. > > So what you are telling me is that i can't control wich days to do the full > backup and which days to do incremental > > > Each fs backed up MUST be able to fit on a tape. You need to specify > > multiple tapes / use of a tape changer would be desireable. > > Ok let me get this straight fs here means filesystem ok? a filesystem > is per/machine? or is it per time amanda is running? So when amanda is > running and doing a full backup all the filesystems listed in disklist > should be able to fit on one tape? Im using the newest beta which will > backup to our NAS box with 400GB available so i guess its just a > question to fool amanda to think that im running some big DLT that can > have +80GB on one tape or so? Is that right? Pretty much right. I think amanda defines a filesystem to be a disklist entry. So if you use gtar then the disklist entry can be a sub-directory and that structure(tarball) itself must fit on to one tape. I think if you use dump then the disklist entry must be a mountpoint. I may have misunderstood your set up and if you are going to use a hard disk as your backup device then I can't help since I have zero experience with that. Maybe others on the list can help. > > -- > Venlig hilsen/Kind regards > Thomas Kirk > ARKENA > thomas(at)arkena(dot)com > Http://www.arkena.com > > > BOFH excuse #51: > > Cosmic ray particles crashed through the hard disk platter >